Editing Slacker (section)

==Evolution==
The shift in the use of "slacker" from its draft-related meaning to a more general sense of the avoidance of work is unclear. In April 1948, ''[[The New Republic]]'' referred to "resentment against taxes levied to aid slackers".<ref>Michael Straight, ''Trial by Television and Other Encounters'' (NY: Devon Press, 1979), 76</ref> An article tracking the evolution of the meaning of the term "Slacker" in defamation lawsuits between World War I and 2010, entitled ''When Slacker Was a Dirty Word: Defamation and Draft Dodging During World War I,'' was written by Attorney David Kluft for the Trademark and Copyright Law Blog.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kluft |first=David |url=http://www.trademarkandcopyrightlawblog.com/2014/06/when-slacker-was-a-dirty-word-defamation-and-draft-dodging-during-world-war-i/ |title=When "Slacker" Was A Dirty Word: Defamation And Draft Dodging During World War I |newspaper=Trademark and Copyright Law |date=30 June 2014 |access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref>